COLD DARK ROOM

[Tidgy's Dad]

It stings like fire at first. Then the next day it starts to itch, and the itching is almost worse than the sting

Yes, like some fly bites and scorpion stings.
The itching is almost unbearable.

 

[Yvonne G]

Good evening lovely members of the CDR.
I hope you are well and prepared for the weekend.
And now I proudly present my new lawn movers: Sheep !
I sold the geese because they were angry with the cats. I hope the sheep are gentle... Their names are "Muriel". Muriel is the ( dark ) white one and female.
The brown, smaller sheep is "Moppel". Moppel is a young male.
Muriel is very tame and loves to be scratched and cuddled. Moppel is shy and don`t want to be touched.
They not only eat gras like geese. Sheep eat herbs and leafs and stinging nettle ( I hope )- All things that geese not touch and not eat.

Muriel:


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Moppel
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Aw I love them!

 

[ZEROPILOT]

Wonderful!
Good evening, Ed.

Good evening.
I can't get tired and these new pills have my head spinning

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Good evening.
I can't get tired and these new pills have my head spinning

Hopefully, you'll soon get used to them.
If not, you'll have to tell the doctor..

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Night all.
Time for my comfy bed.
Take care.

 

[JoesMum]

Good morning all.

Today we're going to watch a very traditional British sport - cricket.

The weather is also set to be traditionally British so we're quite likely to be spending the day doing something else traditionally British... huddling under an umbrella while waiting for the rain to stop

 

[JoesMum]

And for the non-Brits, cricket is the sport where two teams play each other in a single match for 5 days*, complete with breaks for lunch and tea, and there is no guaranteed winner at the end

*International test match. Shorter matches over 3 or 1 day take place too, but there's still no guarantee that the match won't be a draw

 

[maplewood]

Hello all from Alaska! So I've watched cricket several times over the course of my life to try figure it out; I grew up in athletics, played football and ran track my whole life and into college, but I just couldn't connect the dots much. There has to be a winner, especially after 5 days!

Im mind blown right now, not in a bad way lol

 

[JoesMum]

There has to be a winner, especially after 5 days!

Im mind blown right now, not in a bad way lol

The basic rules are simple. The bowler throws the ball to the batsman who tries to hit the ball far enough away to give him time to run to the other end of the wicket (batting area). If he does that he gets 1 run (point).

If the batsman hits it to the edge of the pitch, he automatically gets 4 runs, if it rolls on the ground before getting there, or 6 runs, if it clears the edge of the pitch without touching the ground. If the ball is caught that batsman is out and the next in the side of 11 people takes over.

I say he, but the national Ladies team is doing considerably better than our mens team right now.

It's all the other rules that make it complicated

And then there's Duckworth-Lewis ... a complicated mathematical formula used when weather affects a match that attempts to ensure there isn't a draw. Sometimes DL fails too. Nobody, except the person who programmed the computer, understands DL

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Good morning all.

Today we're going to watch a very traditional British sport - cricket.

The weather is also set to be traditionally British so we're quite likely to be spending the day doing something else traditionally British... huddling under an umbrella while waiting for the rain to stop

Good morning, Linda.
Cricket is quite my favourite sport.
One Day and T20 are becoming so popular, but I still prefer tests.
Watching live is best, but the commentary can be hilarious. Trying to keep talking when not much is happening for 5 days, class.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Hello all from Alaska! So I've watched cricket several times over the course of my life to try figure it out; I grew up in athletics, played football and ran track my whole life and into college, but I just couldn't connect the dots much. There has to be a winner, especially after 5 days!

Im mind blown right now, not in a bad way lol

Good morning, Stuart.
Positions in cricket include silly-mid-on and square leg. And gully.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

The basic rules are simple. The bowler throws the ball to the batsman who tries to hit the ball far enough away to give him time to run to the other end of the wicket (batting area). If he does that he gets 1 run (point).

If the batsman hits it to the edge of the pitch, he automatically gets 4 runs, if it rolls on the ground before getting there, or 6 runs, if it clears the edge of the pitch without touching the ground. If the ball is caught that batsman is out and the next in the side of 11 people takes over.

I say he, but the national Ladies team is doing considerably better than our mens team right now.

It's all the other rules that make it complicated

And then there's Duckworth-Lewis ... a complicated mathematical formula used when weather affects a match that attempts to ensure there isn't a draw. Sometimes DL fails too. Nobody, except the person who programmed the computer, understands DL

Duckworth-Lewis is bonkers.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Good morning, all
Lesson in a minute.

 

[JoesMum]

, but the commentary can be hilarious.

Ah yes "The batsman's Holding the bowler's Willey"

Trying to keep talking when not much is happening for 5 days, class.

Frequently about cake

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Ah yes "The batsman's Holding the bowler's Willey"


Frequently about cake

And pigeons.
Or the tennis.
I nearly used that quote myself
"Welcome to Worcester where you've just missed seeing Barry Richards hitting one of Basil D'Oliveira's balls clean out of the ground."

 

[Moozillion]

HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!

Good morning, Bea.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

SHOPLIFTERS!
Walk backwards into shops so that if you are apprehended by store detectives or security, when the CCTV footage is rewound you can prove that you had already left the shop before the crime was committed.
A Shoplifter.
HM PRISON, BASILDON.

 

[Bee62]

Aw I love them!

Thank you Yvonne.
They are really lovely.
Muriel behaves more like a cat or dog than a sheep. She wants to be cuddled and she is lying direct next to me when I sit on my chair on the sheep field.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Bought a kilo of jelly babies in Spain. I ate some before I took this picture.
YUUUUUUUUUUUMMMMMMMMMMMYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!

We cannot get jelly babies in Morocco as the govt. fear it will encourage people to eat babies.
True Fact.